August 2010
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Handmade Music Returns to NYC
Handmade Music, the every-once-in-a-while DIY electronics science fair that doubles as an all-ages concert returns to NYC tonight with a workshop and free circuitbending party/exhibit courtesy of Lower Manhattan gallery space Culturefix.
On the lineup this time: The Neurohedron, a metal dodecahedron that encases a nonlinear sequencer, Modal Kombat, a piece that uses custom software to control...
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Live From The Arcade: The PAX 2009 DVD (Review) →
From webcomic to charity to convention, Jerry Holkins & Mike Krahulik’s Penny Arcade empire has quickly become one of the most successful properties in the videogaming world. So when the duo approached NYC filmmaking troupe 2 Player Productions (creators of the soon-to-be-released chiptune documentary, Reformat The Planet) and asked them to shoot a web series and document PA’s yearly gaming...
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Babycastles: Where Punk Rock & Homemade Videogames... →
[The punk rock spirit is alive and well at Babycastles, NYC’s only indie games arcade. Check out my coverage of their latest gallery opening party on Motherboard]
In New York City, there’s a new arcade in town. But don’t expect to find anything you could purchase at your local Gamestop here. Instead, the homemade titles that fill the ramshackle cabinets of this musty basement just off the...
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"No Cheering In The Press Box" And Other Rules... →
A sobering look at how press fanaticism is killing videogame journalism’s credibility.
Today at QuakeCon, developers speaking on a “Building Blockbusters” panel took issue with “stone-faced” games journalists at product demos, as if the absence of emotional displays in a journalist is somehow a bad thing. Sports journalists never cheer during ballgames — so...
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Shael Riley & TDIB Putting The Finishing Moves On...
Equal parts chiptune artist, guitarist and experienced singer-songwriter, Shael Riley and his band The Double-Ice Backfire, unlike many acts unwittingly branded with the silly and somewhat ignominious label of ‘nerdcore’ music, don’t simply aim to appeal to an audience of geeks jonezing for lyrics jam-packed with videogame references. Sure, there are parts where a working knowledge of...
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